Bangalore outplayed in final game

The Mumbai Indians signed off with a win in their last match of the IPL as they easily defeated the Bangalore Royal Challengers by 9 wickets at Bangalore today. Rahul Dravid's goal of giving their home crowd a consolation win ended in despair as there was no stopping a rampaging Mumbai.

The start of the match was delayed due to heavy showers with the match reduced to an 18 over affair. Bangalore were put in to bat on a damp wicket, and all their batsmen struggled against a disciplined Mumbai attack. Sreevats Goswami showed some signs of class early in the innings with a polished knock of 20.

Aussie Cameron White made a quickfire 26 in 20 balls, and he along with Vinay Kumar took Bangalore to a small total of 122 in 18 overs.

For Mumbai, Dilhara Fernando picked up 4 crucial wickets, including two wickets of Boucher and Misbah in the 6th over. Dwayne Smith also played his part capturing three wickets with his gentle medium pace.

Mumbai were not about to let an opportunity for stamp their authority for one final time go waste. Jayasuriya decimated the Bangalore bowlers with another fifty at breakneck speed. Jayasuriya hit four fours and four sixes to consign Bangalore to their tenth defeat of the tournament.

The Bangalore crowd got to witness an assault from Jayasuriya as well as a composed innings from Sachin Tendulkar, but they will be left disappointed with the overall campaign of their Royal Challengers.